Points to ponder while wondering when Giants back Brandon Jacobs plans to reacquaint himself with reality.

Kevin Gleason

Points to ponder while wondering when Giants back Brandon Jacobs plans to reacquaint himself with reality.

There are certainly times when fans are too quick to boo, just like there are times when running backs hit the wrong hole and sports writers weave a bad story.

Last Sunday night at MetLife Stadium wasn't one of those times. Giants fans were well within their rights to boo themselves hoarse given the way their team played the Eagles. Maybe in another time, when fans weren't required to assault their bank accounts to see a game up close, when teams didn't charge fans for their seat and charge them again for their ticket — maybe then rich players and rich owners deserved a higher level of patience from supporters.

Not today. For Jacobs, of all people, to repeatedly whine about harsh fan critiques only weakens the player's case.

Jacobs was once a solid running back. As such, he was rewarded with a generous contract.

Now, he's an awful running back and still making a lot of money. For every good deed he's done, such as making preseason contract concessions to free up cap space, Jacobs does three or four things that make you scratch your head.

Now, he has taken the popular player position that fans should cheer when the team's performing well and politely whisper complaints to companions when the team's stinking up the joint.

That's about as realistic a notion as Jacobs rushing for 100 yards.

Reason number 1,345,543 why Twitter should be removed from this great land of ours: Redskins receiver Jabar Gaffney appears to have become the first athlete to claim his Tweet was taken out of context.

Here's the series of events. Dallas beats Washington in overtime. A Dallas fan busts Gaffney's chops. Gaffney responds by saying, "Get a life or kill urself.''

I can see how something like that could be taken out of context.

Because at first I thought, Wow, that has to be one of the dumbest things anybody has ever said to another human being. Hearing him confirm he wasn't actually serious, I have to say it was only one of the dumbest things ever said on Twitter.

Thank goodness Andy Reid isn't judged by his level of cooperation with the media. A sample of his news conference the Wednesday before the Giants game:

Q: If Michael Vick can't go, who will take the reps at quarterback?

A: I don't know. I haven't decided yet on how I am going to do the practice today. I will determine that after I get done here. (Sure coach, you waited until Wednesday afternoon to decide who will get the quarterback reps.)

Q: How important is this game for your team's playoff chances?

A: Every game is a very important game when you are coaching in the National Football League or playing in the National Football League. It is no different this week. It is an important game. (Thanks for the perspective.)

Q: Tom Coughlin said your team was better than it was in Week 3. Do you think your team is a much better team than when you played the Giants in Week 3?

A: I appreciate him saying that. He and I are good friends so I appreciate him saying that. We are just trying to get better every week and we are playing a good football team this week. (Great, thanks.)

Q: What are you seeing in Eli Manning's level of play?

A: I think Eli is playing very good football right now, not that he hasn't done so in the past. He is a pretty good quarterback and he is playing good football. (Careful coach, don't be too controversial.)

Q: Has this season been more difficult than in years past?

A: Right now, all my energy is going into playing the New York Giants. That is how I approach each week. I don't get caught up in all the other stuff. (Especially in providing information for your fans.)

By the way, NFL officials should be ashamed Major League Baseball agreed to human growth hormone testing before the NFL.

I'm glad Ndamukong Suh cleared that up. I thought he was trying out a new dance routine on that Packer called "The Green Bay Stomp.''

USC athletic director Pat Haden regrets not starting quarterback Matt Barkley's Heisman Trophy campaign until after a big win in mid-November. Come on Pat, everybody knows you are supposed to start sending out the tapes and posters and "Barkley for Heisman'' key chains before the player has done anything to deserve it.

Haden can relax. If Barkley somehow upsets Andrew Luck for the big trophy, Haden should take over President Obama's re-election campaign.

I'm going to say that the last healthy quarterback wins the Super Bowl.

Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson is right: NBA players association executive director Billy Hunter did a horrible job in the NBA lockout negotiations. So did commissioner David Stern for the owners.

When there's no basketball until Christmas, everyone did a horrible job.